fields_mj
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How hard is it, and what tools are needed to change out a ZF5?
I think mine is going out. I've been noticing a little bit of a noise the past week when I get up to speed (60ish). I can barely hear it, and I haven't been able to figure out where it's coming from. When I push the clutch in and let off the gas, the noise is still there. I put 1000 pounds of wood in the back end the other night to go try out a new chainsaw, and the noise was much more pronounced. Sounded like a bearing going out. The noise wasn't loud, but it was a lot easier to hear it over the engine and AC. It sounded like a bearing going out somewhere, but I still couldn't tell where. Got home and slid under the truck. I can push forward on the front wheel and move the truck about an inch or to and it will rock back into place. When I do, I can hear the gears in the tranny. Never been able to hear that before.
I don't like messing with transmissions, and I don't have a shop to do the work in, just out in the drive way. We're in the middle of adopting my nieces son, and I'm finishing up putting the shingles on our new roof, so cash is going to be pretty tight the next few months. Not to mention that I WAS planning on taking the truck to the body shop and dropping a grand into the bed to repair the damage done when I lost the tread off a tire last month. I plan on taking the truck over to a shop and letting them look at it and see if they think that's what it is. If so, I'm considering trying to to the swap at home. I won't tear one apart, but if I'm basically taking one out, and putting the other one in, maybe it wont' be so bad Any thoughts, or warnings?
Thanks,
Mark
I think mine is going out. I've been noticing a little bit of a noise the past week when I get up to speed (60ish). I can barely hear it, and I haven't been able to figure out where it's coming from. When I push the clutch in and let off the gas, the noise is still there. I put 1000 pounds of wood in the back end the other night to go try out a new chainsaw, and the noise was much more pronounced. Sounded like a bearing going out. The noise wasn't loud, but it was a lot easier to hear it over the engine and AC. It sounded like a bearing going out somewhere, but I still couldn't tell where. Got home and slid under the truck. I can push forward on the front wheel and move the truck about an inch or to and it will rock back into place. When I do, I can hear the gears in the tranny. Never been able to hear that before.
I don't like messing with transmissions, and I don't have a shop to do the work in, just out in the drive way. We're in the middle of adopting my nieces son, and I'm finishing up putting the shingles on our new roof, so cash is going to be pretty tight the next few months. Not to mention that I WAS planning on taking the truck to the body shop and dropping a grand into the bed to repair the damage done when I lost the tread off a tire last month. I plan on taking the truck over to a shop and letting them look at it and see if they think that's what it is. If so, I'm considering trying to to the swap at home. I won't tear one apart, but if I'm basically taking one out, and putting the other one in, maybe it wont' be so bad Any thoughts, or warnings?
Thanks,
Mark